All you need to know to make whisky

Make whisky at home and you will definitely not stop till you brew your next batch! The whole process of how to make whisky cannot be explained in a few lines or words. The whole process can be pretty time consuming. However if you have the right equipment then you can make whisky at home.

The necessary ingredients for making whisky are barley, water and yeast. The various manufacturing steps to be followed are malting, grinding, brewing, fermentation, distillation, aging the whisky and then finally – bottling it. Barley is obviously the most essential ingredient and the type of barley used will determine the quality of the end product. Make sure you select good high quality malt before you start. In the same way, the quality of the water you use has to be high because water is used in various steps during the manufacture of whisky and will affect the taste of the whisky. You will also need good brewer’s yeast to start the fermentation process.

These ingredients will be needed by you to start the whisky making process at home. 10 poinds of corn with whole untreated kernels, water (5 gallons), a cup of yeast starter, a fermenter, a Burlap bag and a pillow case.

Put the corn into the burlap bag and moisten it with warm water. Leave this bag in a room that is ark and warm for about ten days so that germination can start. Keep checking this bag to see if corn sprouts emerge from the bag and when they ar at least a quarter of an inch in length, you can empty the contents of the sack into a large tub of water. Remove the roots and sprouts from all the corn kernels by the action of rubbing. When the corn remains empty it into a fermenter. These fermenters can be easily available in supply shops or even online.

The next step is the mashing process. Mash the kernels well till they are cracked. Add the 5 gallons boiling water to this mash and let it cool. Add the yeast to the mixture and make sure that the fermenter is well sealed after installing a water sealed vent. This mixture has to stand for around ten days. The next step is to strain the liquid through the pillowcase in order to take out any solid.

Even though whisky is an alcohol that has its origins in Scotland centuries ago, it is still popular today. Not only can you present a bottle of whisky to friends and family but making it at home can save you a lot of money. You can therefore make whisky at home with the few ingredients mentioned above.

Make whisky at home by taking the time to understand the manufacturing process and doing some prep work. Once you have tried your hand at it and have been successful, you will find it easier and soon will be able to produce your own special brand of whisky in no time at all.